Improvement in safety-pockets



B. NUNAMAGKER.

Safety Pocket.

Nb. 197,882. Patented Deb. 4,- 1877.

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NPETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. W ASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BY NUNAMACKER, OF EARLHAM, IOWA.

IM PROVEM ENT IN SAFETY-POCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,882, dated December 4, 1877; "application filed April 2, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BY NUNAMACKER, o'f Earlham, county of Madison, and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pockets for the SafeKeeping of Valuables; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a pocket secure against thieves.

To enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings.

' Figure l is a perspective view of the pocket A open. Fig. 2 represents the movable jaw a, spring I), toggle-joint c e, and lever f. Fig. 3 represents receivin g-catch g, catch-pin h, guide i, pivoted arm k, and spring 0. Fig. 4. repre sents the ratchet-wheel m, pallet or pawl n, and spring I. Fig. 5 represents jaw-catch p and lock q. Fig. 6 represents the arrangementof V-shaped wire 1 in cloth or rubber, to make pocket knife and water proof.

' In putting anything into or taking it out of the pocket, the movable tooth-jaw a is turned in or down, the toggle-jointc c throwing lever f into position, so that when the pocket is closed again, catchpin h strikes lever f, movin g toggle-joint c c, and causing the tooth-jaw a to rise into position again. The object of the tooth-jaw is to arrest and hold a hand when thrust into the pocket without first adjusting the pivoted arm 70, so as to bring catch-pin h, when opening the pocket, under the guidei into receiving-catch g, holding the jaws open. On closing the pocket, catch-pin his thrown out of receiving-catch g, and the pocket is closed by action of spring I. The ratchet-wheel m is for the purpose of tightening the spring Z, to produceastronger gripein the jaws. When the pocket is closed, jaw-catch p and the lock q are for the purpose of holding the jaws se curely together. The V-shaped wires r are arranged on or in cloth or rubber, in such a manner as to prevent the cloth or rubber of which the pocketis made being cut by a knife or other sharp instrument. The V-shaped wires are locked in such manner as to leave the material flexible.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The movable tooth-jaw a, spring 1), mg gle-joint c e, lever f, in combination with the pocket, as and for the purpose above set forth.

2. Receiving-catch g, catch-pin h,- guide i, pivoted arm k, and spring 0, in combination with pocket A, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The ratchet-wheel m, pallet or pawl n, and spring 1, in combination with the pocket A, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The jaw-catchy), lock q, and movable toothjaw a, in combination with pocket A, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I hereto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BY NUNAMACKER.

Witnesses J. M. WILLIAMS, L. D. MAUPIN. 

